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Performer: Tadaaki Otaka

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TokyoHimari plays Sibelius

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Sibelius, Rachmaninov
NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo; Tadaaki Otaka; Himari
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Exciting Bacewicz and Lutosławski from Tadaaki Otaka and the BBC NOW

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Strong performances of Bacewicz and Lutosławski in Tadaaki Otaka's final outing with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales at the Proms, with technically commanding and sincere Rachmaninov from Vadym Kholodenko.
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Prom 28: to the Moon via Russia

The BBC NOW gave us two hearty Russian works and celebrated the lunar landing with a world premiere of Huw Watkins' The Moon.
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Walton's First Symphony still blazes at the RFH

The RPO were on ripe form in works that still need such fine advocacy, and which deserved a much larger audience.
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Up close and personal: BBC Proms 2025

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The UK’s premier summer classical music festival offers the chance to get up close to some of the world’s finest orchestras – a transformative experience at any age.

Symphonic metamorphoses: Tokyo Philharmonic in 2025

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With concerts featuring Myung-whun Chung at the piano, Pinchas Zukerman leading from the podium, and inventive programming from Chief Conductor Andrea Battistoni, the Tokyo Philharmonic’s 2025 season straddles many divides.

Virtuosi, sex and violence: Tokyo Philharmonic’s 2024 season

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In Tokyo, a fleet of youthful soloists complement a range of big repertoire works – Rite of Spring, Turangalîla-Symphonie, Macbeth, Boléro – full of sex and violence and all things sensual.